The Future Saints Quotes

“Writing songs is performing, on a small scale, what it means to be a being that exists as a temporary eruption of thought and feeling. We're fireworks, right? This beautiful glittering explosion that's dying as soon as it starts living. Once I understood that, it felt like there was no more meaningful thing to do with my life than create beauty with an expiration date. Art like us.”
― Ashley Winstead, The Future Saints

“But that’s what I love about music. Historically”
― Ashley Winstead, The Future Saints

“Hey,' she whispers. 'I want you to know something. I want you to believe it so deeply it's the last thing you think about before you fall asleep. And when it's your turn to go, I want you to take it with you.'
The sun has erupted into blazing red. The warmth of the light touches my face. 'What?'
'Every second I spent on earth,' she says, 'I knew how much you loved me. It shaped who I was.”
― Ashley Winstead, The Future Saints

“Leaving tomorrow is going to be unbearable, and he's the biggest reason why. But so many things have been unbearable this past year, and yet here I am, alive and bearing them.”
― Ashley Winstead, The Future Saints